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Juba!

Juba!

by Walter Dean Myers

Overview

In New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers’s final novel, he delivers a gripping story based on the life of a real dancer known as “Master Juba,” who lived in the nineteenth century.

This engaging historical novel follows the meteoric rise of an immensely talented young black dancer, William Henry Lane, who influenced today’s tap, jazz dance, and step. With meticulous and intensive research, Walter Dean Myers has brought to life Juba’s story.

The novel includes photographs, maps, and other images from Juba’s time, as well as an afterword from Walter Dean Myers’s wife, Constance Myers, about the writing process of Juba!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780062112736
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/11/2016
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 208
Sales rank: 598,489
Product dimensions: 5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.47(d)
Lexile: 850L (what's this?)
Age Range: 13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, a three-time National Book Award Finalist, as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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Juba! 3 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 1 reviews.
toniFMAMTC More than 1 year ago
This is fairly interesting. I liked it but not as much as some of this author’s other books that I’ve read. It has a laid back feel for the most part and tells of a black man’s journey during the times of slavery. Although it’s during that time, it doesn’t deal with slavery much. Juba is a talented dancer finding his way in the world.